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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is established in China in the opening of Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1962.

2. At the National Astronomical Center at the Space Observation Center, Sha Ruishan examines data from three satellites. When was the COBE launched, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1989.

3. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?
(a) Physics.
(b) Poetry.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

4. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?
(a) Test No. 6.
(b) Test No. 2.
(c) Test No. 11.
(d) Test No. 13.

5. How much time has passed in the game when Wang returns to it in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six days.
(c) Several eons.
(d) Three hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?

2. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

3. What was the profession of Fu Lei?

4. What word from Chapter 13, "Red Coast III" refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?

5. What does Captain Shi Qiang tell Wang he believes someone is working behind the scenes to accomplish in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

2. What does Shi relate to Wang regarding the academic community in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

3. Why does Ye Wenjie arrange for Wang to meet Sha Ruishan in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

4. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

5. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

6. How does Bai Mulin betray Ye Wenjie? Why does he betray her?

7. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

8. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

9. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

10. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

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